This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Montrose and East Stirlingshire at 15:00 on Saturday, 23rd January 2010 in the Scottish Division Three.
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East Stirling face a trip to Montrose at Links Park Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Shire will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 42 and win only 18 of the 73 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sun 06 Dec | East Stirling | 1 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Montrose | 0 - 3 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Apr | East Stirling | 2 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Feb | Montrose | 0 - 2 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Dec | East Stirling | 5 - 0 | Montrose | SCD3 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Montrose | 3 - 0 | East Stirling | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Apr | East Stirling | 3 - 1 | Montrose | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Montrose's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Gable Endies have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
East Stirling's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the The Shire have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Montrose find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 17 games have yielded only 6 points. East Stirling are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 32 points from 16 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Montrose | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| East Stirling | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
East Stirling are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Montrose | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| East Stirling | 11 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 12 outings ago. |
